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How to Renew your Passport Fast

Discovering you have an expired passport right before traveling is inconvenient. It is a good thing then that such travelers have a few options when it comes to hat they can do about their situation. They can either renew it via mail, or go to an agency in person. There is the application form to fill, then making payments, then ending the relevant materials to the agencies.

The mail option is the most preferred by agencies. The Department of State has a website that shows the news for those tracking how far their applications have gone. They will also have the applicable fees posted there, along with the Form DS-82, called “Passport by Mail.”

The mail option is sometimes not applicable in certain circumstances. Those who have damaged passports of ones that are older than fifteen years cannot use this, for example. It is also impossible for those who have changed names since the last renewal, and cannot show documents of this change. If you also took it when you were under sixteen years of age, you will need to come in person for the renewal.

You need to call the agency after checking the applicable fees, for them to tell you how to send it. In normal circumstances, you will be asked to put the Form DS-82, the old passport, and the rush fees in a manila envelope, unfolded, then include the word expedited on it, before sending it via courier to the agency.

Those who wish for even faster renewal times will have to apply for renewal in person. You need to call the nearest agency first to make an appointment. You should get a definite time for your appointment. They need to go for the appointment with all the relevant materials and fees for the renewal. There should also be a travel ticket or other document showing the need for such a rushed process.

It should ideally take not more than five days for the renewal process to start, as provided by law. Once they receive the renewal request, they need to start working on it as soon as five days after a renewal has been approved. You should then log in to see how far it has gone.

You also have the option of private expediters for fast-tracking your application. You will have to pay extra for their services, but then you shall not suffer through the strenuous process. You need to check how legit they are before using their services.

It is easy for someone to feel despair when they notice they have an expired passport. A passport renewal is luckily not an impossibility, and quite fast.